Hunt for WWII Spitfires in Burma called offThe sponsor of a British-led team hunting for dozens of rare World War II Spitfires said to have been buried in Burma has abandoned the search, saying stories of the stashed planes are merely "legend" Daily Telegraph today.

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“Now landsmen all, whoever you may be, If you want to rise to the top of the tree, If your soul isn't fettered to an office stool, Be careful to be guided by this golden rule-- Stick close to your desks and never go to sea, And you all may be Rulers of the Queen's Navee.”

If God had meant us to be in the Army, we would have been born with green, baggy skin.

What is beyond me is that they dug a hole down and did find evidence of some collapsed box of some sort - or some other remaining material. But on the strength of one(?) test pit decided that there was nothing of relevance? But something was there in the area indicated by the initial geophys results - hence the evidence of a squashed 'box' of some sort. We will never know now if it was Hitlers lost gold or decomposed bully beef I'm just not going to sleep for thinking about it. Yawwwwwn.

There are a good number still around if you know where to look.One well known figure around the hobby bought 10 or so last year. All with dovetails.

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The father of a friend of mine was in the US Army in the war. He did stores and stuff. Apparently they dumped a load of boots down a Cornish tin mine as they were no good. So if anyone feels like an expedition to Dartmoor...

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